Monday, March 2, 2015

Walker's office posted it with little fanfare early Friday evening, I posted and gave it context Saturday, but unless I've missed it I see no major media reporting that Deputy DNR Secretary, ex-builder association executive and attorney Matt Moroney - - a leading figure in conservative policy-making in Walker's administration for the last four years - - has been moved to a new position of Senior Advisor in Walker's office.

Given that Walker is continually absent from the state while his controversial budget must be addressed by the Legislature, you'd think this staffing development would have gotten at least the same coverage as Walker's multiple campaign hires.

I also see little comprehensive mainstream media coverage linking cuts in Walker's budget to environmental programs at both the UW and the DNR.

Did you notice the other person considered as Maroney's replacement was the lobbyist/spokesman for the iron mine? What an "in your face" move that would have been- putting a mining lobbyist at the DNR.

Lake Michigan

Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan

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What water, wetland protection is all about

"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.